Chapter 49: Soda
When Wen Hao returned home, Zhao Jingxiang had already prepared dinner and was waiting for him at home, and after seeing Wen Hao enter the door, he said a little unhappily: "I thought you would have dinner with a beautiful woman and not go home for dinner." ”
"It's just a matter of looking for me there, just to help them be careful, and they won't go home for dinner. The food outside is delicious! Wen Hao said to Zhao Jingxiang with a flattering smile.
After Wen Hao and Zhao Jingxiang finished eating, seeing that it was still early, they said that they were a little tired and went to the room to rest, Wen Hao wanted to recuperate first, and wait for Zhao Jingxiang to sleep at night before preparing to sneak out. Otherwise, she wouldn't have let him go out in the middle of the night. Only after she fell asleep, so Wen Hao took advantage of the earlier preparations to rest for a while, and at night he had the energy to assassinate the Japanese.
"Xiao Hao did something bad today, he was going to sleep so early. Can't you chat with me? Zhao Jingxiang saw that Wen Hao was going to sleep just after eating, which was different from usual, Wen Hao used to sleep late, and always liked to chat with himself and brag until late, most of them were Zhao Jingxiang who slept very much, so she drove Wen Hao back to the room to sleep, and today Wen Hao would go to bed so early, which made Zhao Jingxiang a little unaccustomed.
Usually I want to sleep, but you can't sleep and have to pull me to chat, and today you want to sleep and have no door. Zhao Jingxiang rushed into Wen Hao's room, twisted the ear of the hundred days ago with one hand, and said, "Sister doesn't want to sleep yet, you want to sleep." Talk to me. ”
Wen Hao can't rest anymore, although there are many nightlives in Shanghai now, Wen Hao has no conditions to enjoy it, but he doesn't like to go to bed early, so he likes to pull Zhao Jingxiang to chat, and now he wants to rest early, but Zhao Jingxiang can't let him go. He can't live by being abused, who let him not let Zhao Jingxiang go to bed early when he couldn't sleep before, and pulled her to chat. Now retribution has come.
Zhao Jingxiang didn't know that someone had brought two bottles of soda, so she took one bottle and handed one to Wen Hao. Although this kind of soda is not Coca-Cola, it is not as expensive as Coca-Cola, but it is also a fashionable enjoyment in old Shanghai, and the popular summer drink is sour plum soup. In the 20s and 30s, Shanghai not only had soft drinks, ice dustpans, but also shaved ice and fashionable drinks. The scorching summer in Shanghai brought a refreshing feeling, but it was also a high consumption at the time.
In some high-end dance halls and movie theaters, there are also air conditioners to cool off, but these are only for those rich and handsome, white, rich, beautiful, fashionable and rich men and women will go.
Like Wen Hao's current conditions, he can't even afford to use an electric fan, so he can only use a pu fan, if you have read "The Biography of Jigong", you must know that this kind of fan is the kind in Jigong's hand, which is also called Jigong fan. It is also called a banana fan. In old Shanghai, this kind of fan was the main tool used by most people in Shanghai to cool off. Most modern people are afraid that they have never seen it before, and I am afraid that they can only see it when watching TV and movies.
"What did you eat at noon when you went there today?" Zhao Jingxiang asked Wen Hao casually while drinking soda.
"I went to the old temple and ate Nanxiang xiaolongzi by the way." Wen Hao took a sip of soda, he definitely didn't like to drink this thing before, but now he can drink this thing is already enjoyable, looking at those children in the alley to drink sour plum soup is very satisfied, they can only look at things, and they don't have the conditions to drink it at home.
"Hmph, you just accompany the beautiful woman to eat, Kong didn't think to bring a few Nanxiang xiaolongbao to my sister to eat." Zhao Jingxiang said a little unhappily.
"I wanted to bring you a few too, but then I forgot that I didn't bring them." Wen Hao wanted to bring it, but he forgot to disturb Sun Yurong's cousin.
"Come on, there are beautiful women with you, forget about my sister a long time ago." Zhao Jingxiang said in a sour tone.
"I really wanted to bring it to you, but I forgot about it when something happened." Wen Hao distinguished.
"Will I believe what you say, last time I went to Doulian Road and brought two books back. told me that she bought it for me, and I didn't know that Sun Yurong didn't come today, and I didn't know that it was her book, and I inadvertently pulled it in your hand. You lied to me and said that you bought it specifically for me, and you didn't spend a dime. The more Zhao Jingxiang said this, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she couldn't help but stretch out her hand and twist Wen Hao's ears hard.
Now Wen Hao is reasonable and can't tell, last time he lied casually, but I didn't expect Zhao Jingxiang to remember it, and now she doesn't believe it anymore when she tells the truth.
This kind of thing can't be said clearly, Wen Hao simply pretended to be deaf and dumb and drank soda. It was as if I had never drunk a soda before, and I drank it all in three sips.
Zhao Jingxiang saw that Wen Hao drank all the soda so quickly, and felt sorry for the soda that this younger brother had no conditions to buy at home before, but now since Zhao Jingxiang's two songs became famous, the family's economic conditions have been greatly improved, and this soda is not bought with money, or the dance hall sent a box at home. It was unthinkable to change it before.
Seeing that Wen Hao liked to drink, he handed Wen Hao the unfinished soda in his hand. Wen Hao looked at it, telling the truth, this soda was okay to drink without other drinks, but after drinking too much, Wen Hao really didn't want to drink it, it was just carbon dioxide plus sugar water. However, looking at Zhao Jingxiang's appearance, he was a little kid who had never seen the world before, and he liked to drink this trendy drink like other people's children, but he didn't know that Wen Hao came from the next generation, and he hadn't drunk any drinks, this kind of soda Wen Hao had long since stopped drinking, it was just sugar water. Wen Hao also doesn't like to drink things that are too sweet. One bottle is good, and a second bottle is needed.
"Sister, drink it, I don't like to drink this thing." Wen Hao had no choice but to say to Zhao Jingxiang.
Zhao Jingxiang reached over with her other hand and touched Wen Hao's head and said, "I know you like to drink, you never let people have good things before, but now that you have grown up and are sensible, you know how to make people, and now you still have this soda at home, just drink it." If that's not enough, I'll get you a bottle. ”
Wen Hao was dumbfounded when he heard this, he really didn't want to drink it, but Zhao Jingxiang thought that he would be humble when he grew up and sensible. It's better to drink a bottle than to drink it, forget it, Zhao Jingxiang has already drunk more than half of the bottle in her hand, gritted her teeth and drank it. It's really a little greasy when it's sweet.
"Is Xiao Hao free tomorrow?" Zhao Jingxiang asked.
"It's okay the day after tomorrow, anyway, there are still a few days left to go to school." Wen Hao said
"Then accompany me to a football game the day after tomorrow." Zhao Jingxiang said: "Football match? Wen Hao thought to himself that there were still football matches in Shanghai. Wen Hao is also half a fan.
"Yes"
"It's those two teams playing."
"It's a competition between Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Tongwen Academy." Zhao Jingxiang looked yearning.
"No, no." Wen Hao replied, although Wen Hao likes football, he has long lost confidence in the Chinese football team, and he has developed a game that he doesn't watch every time the Chinese team plays, which is sad to watch.
"Why don't you go?" Zhao Jingxiang's eyes widened when she heard this.
"What's there to see, isn't it looking for abuse? It's sad to see. It's better to sleep at home. Wen Hao said.
"It's just to look for abuse to go to see it, and it's enjoyable to watch it like that." Zhao Jingxiang said excitedly.
When Wen Hao heard this, he turned his body and looked at Zhao Jingxiang up and down: "Do you like to watch the Japanese team abuse our Chinese team." "Could it be that Zhao Jingxiang is also Hari.
"What, when have you ever seen our Chinese football abuse the Japanese." Zhao Jingxiang looked at Wen Hao with an idiotic look.
Wen Hao looked at Zhao Jingde for a long time and hesitated, and asked, "Could it be that Shanghai Jiao Tong University can kick the Japanese Tongwen Academy?" ”
"You pig, don't you know that you held a total of ten Far Eastern football matches from 1913 to 1934, and except for the first Chinese team to win the runner-up, the other nine times were championships. Won 10 of the 10 meetings with Japan. And it is generally a big win of four or five goals, and the Japanese football team can't hold its head up. I really don't know how you've been learning this kind of thing in the past few years. The angry Zhao Jingxiang poked Wen Hao's head fiercely with her hand.
Wen Hao was stunned when he heard this, the new China and the new society have invested so much money and manpower, and Chinese football is more and more sad, and all kinds of messy things in match-fixing and black balls have exploded in football, making Chinese fans lose confidence in Chinese football. I didn't expect football in the Republic of China to be so harmful. Wen Hao didn't know at all. Busy let Zhao Jingxiang talk about Chinese football.
Wen Hao heard Zhao Jingxiang say that he only knew about the domination of Chinese football in Asia during the Republic of China, since China's door was opened to Western powers, football entered Chinese society and developed in Shanghai. Especially in Shanghai, the two most famous teams in Shanghai at that time were St. John's University and Nanyang College. Nanyang College is now Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
At that time, the principal of Nanyang College, Tang Wenye, was a die-hard fan, and the team he learned from lost to St. John's team. Tang Wenye hugged his head and cried on the spot.
At that time, the school in Shanghai became the embryonic place of Chinese football, with football teams in various universities and middle schools, and football leagues held in six major schools in Shanghai.
On this basis, Chinese football has gone abroad to dominate Asia. It has also bred Chinese football stars for China, the most famous of which is the Asian football king - Li Huitang is the most famous. Later, he was rated as one of the world's top five football kings on a par with Pele.
Chinese football also participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. However, due to the financial difficulties of the national government, it was unable to pay for the participation of athletes in the Olympic Games. In order to realize the Olympic dream, the Chinese football team set off two months in advance and went to Southeast Asia for an exhibition match. Collect travel expenses. A spectacle in the history of the world appeared. An Olympic team had to perform along the way to earn money. During the two-month journey, I saved every copper plate and soil, took the lowest class boat, and stayed in the cheapest hotel. Regardless of injuries and fatigue, players earn money on the road like a showman. And it has an unbeaten record of 24 wins and 3 draws. A total of more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars were raised.
In the Olympic Games, the Chinese team met the world's strongest team, the British team, and finally lost the game by conceding two goals in the last ten minutes of the game due to overwork during the journey. Commentators at the time believed that Chinese football was not weaker than European teams.
After the Chinese team was eliminated, it went to European countries for the sake of going back, and drew with the famous Red Star team of France, and the Red Star team invited Li Huitang to join the Red Star team, but Li Huitang refused. England, the birthplace of modern football, also drew with England's Eshilin. This made Chinese football win the respect of England fans, and when he left, the mayor of London personally saw him off, and the Arsenal team leader also came to see off the Chinese footballers, and asked Li Huitang how old he was. When he learned that Li Huitang was thirty-two years old. I said it would be nice if you could be ten years old. It is self-evident that if he was ten years old, he would definitely invite Li Huitang to join the Arsenal team. At that time, Arsenal were a top club team.
Look at how the Chinese team could achieve such a beautiful result under that kind of difficulty. Just look at Chinese football now, eat well and dress well. Spend a lot of money on foreign coaches. The salary income is still high. The kicked ball is not as good as shit. If Li Huitang has knowledge under the spring. It must be dead and unknown.
After Zhao Jingxiang's explanation, Wen Hao knew that Chinese football still had such a glorious history during the Republic of China. It can be seen that it is not that China does not play well, or that the Chinese system is not conducive to the development of Chinese football, and it is all some people who chase fame and fortune that pollute Chinese football. As a result, Chinese football has become the laughing stock of the world.